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The Opposition has changed its tune on government funding for coal power after a bruising fight over its energy and climate change policy.

The US stock market sank Monday as Nvidia and other superstars created by the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology dimmed some more.

Permacrisis: Future Fund's defensive strategy

The local share market has managed to avoid a fifth straight day of losses thanks to late afternoon gains that propelled the bourse to a flat finish.

Wall Street stocks ended mixed on Friday as investors looked ahead to Nvidia's quarterly results.

Westpac bankers head to country towns

The Australian share market has closed at an almost four-month low after suffering its worst day in 10 weeks amid a global pullback in risk assets.

Wall Street ended sharply lower overnight, with steep losses in Nvidia and other AI heavyweights.

Libs copy Nat's climate retreat

Australia's share market has tumbled to its lowest close since September 18 after stronger-than-expected jobs data scuppered hopes of further Reserve Bank interest rate cuts.

Wall Street's main indexes were mixed overnight, with the Dow notching a record-high close and the Nasdaq losing ground.

Bubble fears as super bets $143b on AI

Australia's share market has ended the day lower after a mining sector lift could not counterbalance a tech sector dump and ongoing weakness in Commonwealth Bank shares.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a record high close overnight, lifted by progress toward ending the longest US government shutdown.

AI data centres booming, but capital in doubt

Australia's share market has stumbled after a snag in Commonwealth Bank's quarterly update sparked a dramatic sell-off that wiped $12 billion from Australia's biggest company.

The Commonwealth Bank has posted an eye-watering $2.6 billion unaudited first-quarter cash profit, buoyed by growth in home loans and deposits.

Big Tech and other superstars of the US stock market got back to rallying overnight.

Deals at risk from new merger laws

Australia's share market has notched its best daily performance in three weeks amid hopes a US funding deal could end a government shutdown that has lasted 40 days.

The Nasdaq closed lower as investors turned the page on a roller-coaster week with economic worries.

Fair Work drowning in AI claims

Australia's share market has notched its lowest weekly close since in more than three months, with interest rate-sensitive stocks under pressure from an increasingly grim rates outlook.

Wall Street lost ground overnight as influential technology stocks fell and once again steered the broader market.

Rio mine could deal budget big blow

Mining stocks have dug Australia's share market out of a two-session losing streak, but the bourse remains under pressure as investor uncertainty lingers.

Stocks gained ground on Wall Street Wednesday following several upbeat economic updates and a steady flow of quarterly reports from US companies.

Net zero not the end-all, says Suncorp

A late bounce has failed to take Australia's share market higher as economic concerns, weaker commodity prices and valuation worries weigh on sentiment.

Stocks fell on Wall Street overnight, pulled down by losses from the same big tech companies that have been the main drivers of the market's rally so far this year.

Bullock flags end to rate cut cycle

The local share market has dropped to a six-week low after the Reserve Bank kept interest rates unchanged and suggested it was in no hurry to adjust them in either direction.